As soon as I started running, I found a flaw in logic in my entry yesterday. (Running really clears up your mind!) If you cannot maintain the 5-km pace for a mile, obviously, you are not running at the 5-km pace! But this is what happens anyway when you start the interval training. Today I began way too fast, going a mile in 5 minutes and 55 seconds. I know this doesn't sound much, but I am not a sprinter and my legs were completely destroyed by this run. The second lap was 5 minutes 59 seconds, and the third and last lap 6 minutes 8 seconds. Boy it was hard! I didn't remember one-mile VO2 Max was this hard.
Happily, this is it for the interval training in this training - until next time I will train for a marathon!
Today: 7 miles
This week: 15 miles
PS I just bought a new CD by Crowded House called "Time on Earth". I have been a fan since their second album in 1986, so I am biased, but despite the long absence their new songs are very good indeed.
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